Italeri 2667 - 1/48 F-14 A Tomcat  [IT-2667S]

Period: from '50 to '90

Nation: United States

Model Dim.: 39 cm

F-14 A TOMCAT

The U.S. Navys initial super-fighter, the F-14, originated partially according to expertise gained utilising the F-111, a multi-role airplane created by General Dynamics, the Navy as a type of which, the F111B, finished up being built by Grumman. The F-14A first travelled on twenty-first December 1970, and production-line models began reaching squadrons in 1973. Squadrons VF-1 and VF-2 accompanied the last voyage linked to the aircraft provider Enterprise in Vietnam, yet never saw combat. The Tomcat would perhaps not see action until 1981, in terms of shot down two Libyan Su-22s during an encounter through the whole Gulf of Sirte. Since that time the F-14 is updated over and over repeatedly possesses brought parts in several conflicts in the centre East (Iran-Iraq war, first and 2nd Gulf War), plus in operations regarding previous Yugoslavia and little skirmishes inside the Mediterranean.